Shoe-cleaner.



F. HARRIS & R. STERNBERG. SHOE CLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, 1910.

Lm-@Q Patented Feb. 13, 1912.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, ilgl Application ler June 1S, 1910. Serial No. 567,1 5.

To all whom 'it may concern Be itI `known that we, FmonLsHo'N HARRIS. and RosALiND STERNBERG, citizens ot the United States, and residents ot St. Louis, Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful lmprovemcnts in ShoeeCleane-rs, of which the following is a specification centaining a full, clear, and eXact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

Our invention relates to an autoists shoe cleaner, and consists in the novel construction of parts hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

The object of our invention is to provide an improved shoe-cleaning attachment for automobiles.

n the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a portion ot an automobile having our invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a t ansverse-section of the running-board of the automobile, showing the shoe-cleaner in detail beneath said running-board. Fig. 3 is a detail section, taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. a is an inverted plan-view of the shoe-cleaner applied tothe underside of the running-board, parts being in section.

Heretofore, autoists have experienced great inconvenience and discomfort by being compelled to get into their automobiles with muddy slices, which have soiled and damaged the machines by contact therewith of the soiled shoes.

@ur improved shoe-cleaner consists in a sliding or telescopic toot-cleancr or scraper l. which is preferably mounted to slide beneath the running-board Q, so that the toot-cleaner may be quickly drawn out into scraping stantly replaced beneath the running-board at'ter the shoes of the autoist have been cleaned. The scraper l preferably the 'front bar of a right-angled slidingatrame, the` side-bars 3 oit' which are mounted to slide in U-shaped guidelbars ssecured by ears 5 to the underside or" the running-hoard. Said guide-bars 4l! are preferably inclined a little, so that the cleaner will have to slide slightly up grade in moving from its normal position beneath said rui'iningboard, thereby overcoming in a measure the tendency of the cleaner to ily outward by centrifugal force in rounding short turns in the road or track, and also preventing the cleaner troni sliding out when the car is on the side ot' a hill in a tipped position. A

position, and almost in suitable stop 6, in the present instance in the shape of a common staple driven'into the underside of the running-board 2, is provided to be engaged by the rear bar 7 or" the cleaner'. Said stop prevents the cleaner trom being pulled out too tar. Friction-bloote 8 of rubber or any suitable material, are seated in pockets 9 formed in the rear portion of the sliding frame, so that said frictionblocks bear against the inner surface of said guide bars 4, and retain the cleaner in any position in which it maybe placed,`and said blocks also. prevent any possibility ot' the slidingtranie beine" lost should the stop 6 become detached. dditional friction-blocks l() are seated in pockets .ll of the said guidebars so as to bea-r against the outer face of the side-bars of said sliding-traine.

Numerous changes which would suggest themselves to the mind ot a skilled mechanic may be made in our invention without departing from its spirit, and therefore We do not limit ourselves to the exact construction.

of details herein-shown.

The operation is obvious; the autoist simply grasping the scraper l and pulling out to operative position when he desires to clean his shoes, and pushing it back into normal position after it has been usel. vrlhis is clearly shown in Figs. l and 2.

The upper edge of scraper l is, or" course, sharpened.

lli/'e claim:

l. In a shoe cleaner of the Iclass described, the combination with a rectangular, metallic member one side of which is sharpened to serve as shoe scraper, of a pair of channel bars to serve as guides for the rectangular member, said bars adapted to be secured in place so that the channels in the Guides Will incline. i

2. ln combination with a running board of an automobile, a pair of channel bars secured at an angle to the underneath tace of the running board, a rectangular member held in place between the channel bars and having one ot its sides sharpened to serve as a sho-e cleaner, a stop secured to the running board to .limit the movements of the rectangular member, and resilient. members for engagement with the rect-angular ineinber, tor the purposes stated.

3. ln combination vwith a running board Otan automobile, a pair of guides, having inclined channels, secured to the underneath tace ot' the running board, a rectangular member, having its forward edge sharpened to serve as a shoe scraper, held in place between said guides, and means 4for limiting the movement of the rectangular member.

4, ln combination with a running board of an automobile, a pair of guides, having inclined channels, secured to the underneath face of the runnin board, a rectangular member, having its orward edge sharpened to serve as a shoe scraper, held in place between said guides, means for limiting the movement of the rectangular member, there being pockets formed in said guides and in the side portions of said rectangular member, and resilient devices held in said pockets to produce friction between the rectangular membe and the ides.

In testimony W ereof, We have signed our names to this specification, in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

FRADELSHON HARRXS. ROSALIND STERNBERG.

Witnesses:

EDWARD E. LONGAN, E. L. WALLACE. 

